2007 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	32	-2
Liberal Democrat	5	+1
Rochford Residents	1	0
Independent	1	+1

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	0	2	-2	69.2	49.2	4,793	-6.1%
Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	+1	23.1	22.8	2,221	+5.0%
Independent	1	1	0	+1	7.7	2.8	271	+2.8%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	1,097	-4.5%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	572	+0.9%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	472	+4.8%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	313	+3.2%

4 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Capon	659	64.6	+8.1
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	361	35.4	+5.0
Majority			298	29.2	+3.1
Turnout			1,020	29.4	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Allen	271	54.7	+54.7
	Conservative	Richard Amner	224	45.3	−19.8
Majority			47	9.4
Turnout			495	35.2	+11.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Oatham	857	73.6	+0.3
	Conservative	Roland Adams	308	26.4	−0.3
Majority			549	47.2	+0.6
Turnout			1,165	34.0	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Seagers	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Lumley	722	74.3	+8.0
	Conservative	David Withers	250	25.7	−8.0
Majority			472	48.6	+16.0
Turnout			972	35.5	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Cox	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Capon	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Stansby	603	64.1	+30.1
	Labour	Myra Weir	337	35.9	+14.6
Majority			266	28.2
Turnout			940	30.2	−9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbride

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	928	49.5	−9.0
	BNP	Robert Green	472	25.2	+25.2
	Labour	Angelina Marriott	318	17.0	−5.8
	Green	Robin Hume	155	8.3	−10.4
Majority			456	24.3	−11.4
Turnout			1,873	35.2	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Livings	455	43.8	−21.1
	English Democrat	Paula Hayter	313	30.1	+30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Putt	216	20.8	+20.8
	Green	Neil Kirsh	56	5.4	−29.7
Majority			142	13.7	−16.1
Turnout			1,040	33.1	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Harper	970	68.7	+15.8
	Labour	David Lench	442	31.3	−15.8
Majority			528	37.4	+31.6
Turnout			1,412	26.9	−5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Dillnutt	426	51.8
	Conservative	Peter Savill	396	48.2
Majority			30	3.6
Turnout			822	25.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing